Bottle.



C. S. JACKSON (Kc A. SGHINDLER.

BOTTLE. APPILIGATION FILED JUNE 18, 1912.

1,124,73, I Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

cmmwmm cnannncn s. .mcxson AND ALFRED SCHINDLER, or new Yoim, it. Y., ASSIGNORS to NATIONAL BOTTLE CAP COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BOTTLE.

Application filed June18, 1912. Serial No. 704,391.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it "known that we, CLARENCE S. JACK- SON and ALFRED SCIIINDLER, citizens of the United States, and residing in New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention relates more particularly to means whereby the mouth of a bottle or other container may be sealed and the sealing means adjusted to permita liquid to flow from the bottle and all dripping positively prevented when the pouring operation ceases. I

One of the main objects of the invent on is to provide a bottle having means which can be operated by hand and readily ad]usted to permit a variable flow of liquid and the flow positively regulated from a drop at a time to a full fiowof the liquid and which will overcome many of the objections ncident to devices of this kind as ordinarily constructed.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby no matter at what angle the bottle or container is held while the liquid is being poured therefrom, the liquid will pass free of the side of the bottle and acted on in such a way when the pouring ceases that the stream will be positively cut ed and thereby efiectually prevent all dripping and. which as soon as the liquid is cut off will cause the surplus liquid about the bottle mouth to pass back into the bottle.

A further object of the invention 18 to provide simple and efficient sealing and pouring means which is inexpensive to manufactu're and which sealing means may be readily applied to a bottle or other container.

With these and other obgects in v1ew, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed 1 out in the claims at the end of the descrip- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

to showing the bottle open and in pouring position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the invention n a sealed and non-pouring position. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary diagrammatic View showing the development of the means for controlling the position of the sealing member or means when rotated. Fig. 4 1s a vertical section. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the sealing member. Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation of the sealing means or closure. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a slightly different construction. Fig. 8 is a plan .view of Fig. 7. Fig. 9. is a detail elevation of the closure or sealing means shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Fig. 10 isa vertical section of the sealing member or closure shown in Figs. 7 to 9 and in sealing. position. Fig. 11 is an elevation of the upper part of the bottle showing a slightly different form of sealing member or closure; and Fig. 12 is a plan view of the form of closure shown in Fig. 11. v

The bottle 10 or other container has the usual body 11, neck 12 and mouth 13. A cam groove 14 is located on one side of the bottle neck a short distance from the bottle mouth and a cam groove 15 is located on the opposite side thereof. ihesecam grooves are similarly formed and are each adapted to be engaged by an inwardly projecting lug or depression '16 formed by indenting or depressing in any suitable way a part of each leg or portion 17 of the sealing member 18 or by cutting a part of each portion tially cylindrical and cup-shaped in form and may have its outer edge milled or otherwise roughened, as at 20, to adapt the cap portion and sealing member to be rotated, and within the cap portion 19 is a lining or sealing element 21. This sealing element may be of cork composition, paper or any other suitable material, and is adapted when it is forced to the position shown in Fig. 4 to form a seal against the mouth 13 of the bottle. The cams or cam grooves 14 and 15 each receive one of the projections or'lugs 16 of one of the portions 17, and each cam groove has an inclined part 22 and a shoulder 23 to limit the outward movement or adjustability of the sealing member by the engagement of the lugs or depressions 16 with said shoulders. When the sealing member ismade or formed in the manner shown, the parts 17 are adapted to be forced over the bottle mouth sufiicient to cause the projections or lugs 16 to enter the grooves 1 and 15, or the said depression may be formed by a suitable tool after the sealing member has been forced over the bottle, said member being thereby held against removal unless the parts 17 are sprung apart sufiiciently to release the projections 16 from engagement with the grooves 14 and 15. It will thus be evident that by this construction a simple and effective sealing and adjustable-member is provided which in its adjustment will vary the distance between the bottle mouth and the lining or sealing element 21 and thereby regulate the extent of flow whether a drop at a time or a full stream.

To prevent the liquid from dripping along the sides of the bottle or container after the pouring operation has ceased, we provide at the bottle mouth a groove 24:. This groove may extend entirely around the bottle neck or may be arranged only at those parts where it is desired that the liquid be poured. The groove is formed with angular sides 25 and 26, the side 25 joining the side 26 so as to form a substantially V-shaped groove, the part 25 extending to the mouth of the bottle to form a sharp edge 25 and provide an eifective pouring lip. The side 25 of the groove is at such an angle as will form a substantial under-cut portion to the bottle mouth, so that no matter at What angle the bottle may be placed while pouring a liquid the latter will not contact with the side 25, and as soon as the pouring of the liquid ceases, the sharp edge 25* will positively cut the stream. It has been found that by providing the pouring lip with a sharp edge formed by the under-cut portion the liquid will be positively prevented from dripping as soon'as the stream has been cut by shiftingthe bottle from a pourin to a nonpouring position, and that all t e liquid so cut will either pass entirely free of the bottleor immediately return to within the bottle again and without any dripping whatever. A further advantage in arranging the under-cut portion in the manner shown isthat there is no projecting sharp parts which will be likely to come in contact with other objects and be broken while in use as the sharp edge of the lip of the bottle mouth is confined substantially within the diameter of the bottle neck, though it will be underb stood that the lip might project sli htly or otherwise beyond the diameter 0 bottle neck or container..

In Figs. 7 to 10, the construction of the bottle mouth for pouring and the sealing I member has a cap portion 32 similar to the cap port1on19 and formed as apart of'the cap portion is a finger part 33 by which the sealing member may be rotated and thereby adjusted toward and from the bottle mouth. The sealing member may be entirely removed from the bottle mouth, if desired,

and is readily attached to the bottle mouth by simply rotating the same so that the grooved portion of the sealing member engages the threaded or spiral portions of the bottle or container.

Fig. 11 is substantiall the same as Figs. 7 to 10 except that the ger part 34 is extended to project beyond and along the body portion 35 in order to serve as better bracing and strengthening means for the sealing member.

It will be understood that the bottle neck may be provided with a bead 36, Figs. 1 to 4, and this bead may be flattened at 36 on opposite sides thereof to serve as guiding means while feeding the bottles to a capping machine. 7

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a simple and eflicient closure and sealing means is provided for a bottle which may be opened and closed by hand; that said closure or sealing means is adjustable and permits a variable flow of the liquid either a drop at a time or a full flow; that effective means is provided whereby the bottle is non-dripping, and that said closure is in-. expensive to manufacture and com rises a sin le piece with a lining or sealing e ement.

aving thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent j 1. The combination of a bottle having a neck, an integral pouring lip formed with a sharp edge at the mouth thereof and confined within the diameter of the" main portion of the bottle neck, and a sealing member manually adjustable toward and from the bottle mouth.

2. The combination of a container having a neck, an integral and annular pouring lip memes Q formed with a sharp edge at the mouth thereof and confined within the diameter of the main portion of the bottle neck, said lip being formed by providing a groove about 5 the neck of the container adjacent to the mouth thereof to form an under-cut portion, and a cap for the bottle mouth.

This specification si ed and. witnessed this 15th day of June D. 1912.

CLARENCE S. JACKSON. ALFRED SCHINDLER. Witnesses? C. BARTELS, LESTER C. TAYLOR. 

